Car-fender.



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BAR FENDER.

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SOLOMON Lnivv, or EAST Sr. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 682,625, dated September 17, 1901. Application ined April 12, 1901. serialn'o. 55,533. (Nomen.)

To tZZ whom it may conceive.-

Be it known that I, SOLOMON LEIVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East St. Louis, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Car- Fender, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car-fenders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of car-fenders and to provide a simple, strong, and efficient one designed for use on street-railway cars and analogous conveyances and capable of lateral movement to enable it to cover the track, whether the latter be straight or curved.

A further object of thisinvention is to provide a car-fender of this character adapted to be compactly folded when not in use and capable of being readily applied to a car.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a car-fender constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a car. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation, the fender being folded. Fig. LLisa side view ofthe same. Fig 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the hinges, illustrating the construction of the curved guides.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a car-fender composed of a back or upright portion 2 and abottom 3, extending forward from the lower edge of the back of the fender and connected with the same by hinges 4t and adapted to fold against the back, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. The back and the bottom of the fender, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, are provided With cushions, and the front edge of the bottom of the fender is designed to be provided with a binding of rubber to preventthe fender from injuring a person should it comein contact with him.

The hinges 4. are composed of leaves 5 and vvice operates as a pivot.

plates 10,extending forward longitudinally 0fl the guides 7, and the bottom of the fenderis preferably provided with metal strips ll, the guides being located between the plates 10 and the strips l1. The guides,which extend forward from the rear edge of the bottom,

have innerconcave edges and outer convex edges, and the fastening device 9 at one side of the fender is the center of the circle of which the other curved guide forms a part.

The curved guides are adapted to permit the bottom of the fender to swing laterally in rounding a curve to admit of the fender covering the track, whether the same be straight or curved. When the fender swings to the right, the right-hand fastening device forms the pivot, and when the fender swings in the opposite direction the left-hand fastening de- The guides are preferably formed integral with the leaves 6 of the hinges 4, and they form a support for the fender.

The bottom of the fender is normally retained with its rear edge in contact with the back of the fender by means of a pair of coiled springs 12, located at opposite sides of the fender and extending longitudinally of the same and provided at their frontand rear ends with eyes which are linked into hooks 13 and 14, mounted, respectively, on the bottom of the fender and on the rear portions of the guides. The springs are adapted tobe distended to permit the bottom of the fender to swin g laterally to cover the'track when the car is rounding acurve, and they Will return the bottom of the fender to its normal position When the car again reaches a straight portion of the track. Any suitable means may be provided for swinging the fender laterally in either direction to cause the same to follow the rails and cover the track, and in the accompanying drawings the bottom of the fender is provided at its front with pilot-wheels IOO arranged to run on the rails and adapted to guide the fender. Instead of employing wheels suitable operating mechanism may be provided for enabling the fender to be guided by the motorman of a car.

The bottom of the fender is connected with the back by'folding braces 16 and 17,arranged in pairs and pivotally connected at their adjacent ends and provided at their other ends with slots 18 and 19,1eceiving suitable fastening'devices 20 and 21 of the back and the bottom of the fender. The brace 17 extends beyond the pivot 22 and is provided with a laterally-projecting lug 23, which engages the other brace 16 when the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to prevent the braces from swinging downward out of alinement. The braces are adapted to be swung upward to fold the fender to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The fender, which may be mounted on a carin any suitable manner, is preferably provided with hangers 24, arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 and provided at their upper ends with suitable means for engaging the dashboard of a car. The lower ends of the hangers are secured to the back of the fender by means of suitable fastening devices passing through perforated ears of plates and through the ends of the hangers. The hangers may be provided between their ends with arms or grips 25 to assist in removing the hangers and the fender from a car.

It will be seen that the fender is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to a car, and that it is capable of automatically following the rails and of covering the track both at straight and curved portions of the same.

lVhat I claim is- 1. The combination of the fender-back designed to be secured to a car, the bottom, and hinges connecting the bottom and the back and located at opposite sides of the fender and provided with curved guides or ways arranged to permit the fender to swing laterally to cover curved portions of the track, substantially as described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination of a back, a bottom, hinges located at opposite sides of the fender and connecting the back and the bottom and provided with curved guides permitting the bottom ofthe fender to have a limited lateral swing in either direction, and springs connected with the bottom of the fender and adapted to hold the same in alinement with the car normally, substantially as described.

3. A car-fender comprising aback designed to be fixed to a car, a bottom, and hinges having rear leaves connected with the back and provided withfront leaves slidably connected with the bottom, whereby the bottom is permitted to swing vertically and move laterally, substantially as described.

4. In a carefender, the combination of a bacl, a bottom, hinges secured to the back and provided with forwardly-extending guides having curved slots, pivots mounted on the bottom and arranged in the slots of the guides, and permitting the bottom to swing horizontally, said bottom being also adapted to swing vertically on the said hinges to fold it against the back, and means for holding the pivots normally at the rear ends of the guides, substantially as described.

5. In a car-fender, the combination of a back, a bottom, hinges secured to the back and provided with guides extending forward beneath the bottom and having curved slots, pivots depending from the bottom and ex tending through the slots of the guides, and having plates at their lower ends, and coiled springs located at opposite sides of the fender and connected with the bottom and with the guides, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SOLOMON LEIVY.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DU CRAY, JOHN G. GAIN. 

